November 2009
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Health & Safety E-Zine November 2009 |
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| This Month´s Featured Articles, Papers & Reports |
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The Vancouver Olympics – Putting dangerous goods security on the podium
How do you provide security for an event with approximately 5,000 competitors, 70,000 visitors, and multiple venues spread over a zone covering multiple communities, including a major North American port? That’s the question for Transport Canada, along with the RCMP, as they strive to make the Games as safe as possible. As in most metropolitan areas, dangerous goods currently are moved in significant quantities through the Vancouver/Whistler venue zones. Transport Canada has come up with a number ... |
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Workforce diversity and risk assessment: ensuring everyone is covered
This report highlights the need to carry out inclusive risk assessment; to take into account the diversity of the workforce when assessing and managing risks. Workers are not all exposed to the same risks and some specific groups of workers are exposed to increased risks (or are subject to particular requirements). When we speak about workers exposed to ‘particular’ or ‘increased’ risks, we refer to workers subject to specific risks due to their age, origins, gender, physical condition or status ... |
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